Situation: According to a study by Pamela Norum a professor in the Department of Textiles and Apparel Management at the University of Missouri, sewing skills have gradually decreased with each generation after the Baby Boomers. A Trigg county volunteer who enjoys sewing and teaching made an effort to reverses that trend this summer. Target Audience…youth ages 7 to 19 Educational ResponseA series of sewing day camps this summer. The newly recruited sewing leaders goal was to teach young people to...
Hello! I'm thrilled to be joining the Knox County Extension Office as the newest assistant. I was born and raised in Corbin, KY, and I'm a proud mom of four amazing kids—two girls and tw... More
Funding year 2018 of the Kentucky Military Teen Adventure Camps (MTAC) has been yet another success! With a total of 5 camps from April 2018- August 2018. Families including service members or spouses... Read More
The state of Kentuckys agricultural education programs in high schools have several career pathways in which students may choose to emphasize. One career pathway is the agribiotechnoloy pathway, which... Read More
The U. S. Department of Commerce declared that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations are growing at a 7.2% quicker rate than other occupations. STEM employees play a critical ro... Read More
Ventilating pastured poultry farms is challenging because the openings to allow the birds onto the pasture create cold air drafts in the barn in winter. Through a relationship built with a farmer here... Read More